| REDFOX | Carnivorous mammal, Eurasian in origin, with a long bushy tail |
| SQUIRREL | Rodent with a long bushy tail (8) |
| SAKI | South American monkey with a long bushy tail (4) |
| CHINCHILLAS | Small rodents with soft grey fur and a long bushy tail (11) |
| REGGAE | Music of Jamaican origin with a strongly accentuated offbeat and prominent bass (6) |
| ANIMAL | A squirrel is a brown ___ with a bushy tail that likes to scamper through a city park |
| NUMBAT | A termite-eating Australian marsupial with a bushy tail (6) |
| TINSEL | "Scintillate" shares an etymological origin with this Christmas decoration |
| CHALET | Wooden house of Swiss origin with wide projecting eaves (6) |
| SKUNKS | American animals with black and white striped fur and a bushy tail that emit a smelly liquid when threatened (6) |
| MARMOT | Burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail (6) |
| NAPERY | Sharing its origins with "cloth, map, table cover", a word for domestic linens for dining collectively (6) |
| MARTEN | Tree-dwelling, mammal with bushy tail |
| PINEMARTEN | Member of the weasel family with dark brown fur, yellow bib and long bushy tail (4,6) |
| BRIOCHE | A bread of French origin with a high egg and butter content (7) |
| CHICKENKORMA | A mild curry of Indian origin with a marinated white meat (7,5) |
| MANE | A long bushy head of hair (4) |
| LEONBERGER | A powerful breed of dog of German origin with a black face and webbed feet (10) |
| SHARPEI | Loose-skinned dog of Chinese origin with a frowning expression (4,3) |
| CELADON | Type of pottery of Chinese origin with a pale green glaze (7) |
